BOARD OF EDUCATION
BOARD AUDITORIUM
Portland Public Schools Blanchard Education Service Center
Study Session
501 North Dixon Street
June 11, 2012
Portland, Oregon 97227
Note:
Those wishing to speak before the School Board should sign the citizen comment sheet prior to the start of the regular meeting. No additional speakers will be accepted after the sign-in sheet is removed, but citizens are welcome to sign up for the next meeting. While the School Board wants to hear from the public, comments must be limited to three minutes. All citizens must abide by the Board’s Rules of Conduct for Board meetings.Citizen comment related to an action item on the agenda will be heard immediately following staff presentation on that issue. Citizen comment on all other matters will be heard during the “Remaining Citizen Comment” time.This meeting may be taped and televised by the media.
STUDY SESSION AGENDA
1.
CITIZEN COMMENT
5:00 pm2.
BOARD SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
5:20 pm3.
PRESENTATION: OREGON SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
5:25 pm4.
DISCUSSION: CAPITAL BOND CRITERIA
5:40 pm5.
BREAK
6:40 pm6.
UPDATE: RACIAL EDUCATIONAL
EQUITY POLICY
6:55 pm
IMPLEMENTATION
7.
DISCUSION: OREGON ACHIEVEMENT COMPACTS
7:40 pm8.
BUSINESS AGENDA
8:10 pm9.
DISCUSSION: HIRING OF FORMER BOARD MEMBERS
8:15 pm10.
BOARD RETREAT PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION
8:25 pm
OF MEETING STRUCTURE
11.
ADJOURN
9:00 pmThe next Study Session of the Board will be held on
June 18, 2012,
at
5:00 pm
in the Board Auditorium at the Blanchard Education ServiceCenter.
PORTLANDPUBLICSCHOOLS
P.O.Box
3107/
Portland,Oregon97208-3107Telephone:(503)
916-3741'
FAX:
(503)916-2724
SUPERINTENDENT'SRECOMMENDATION
TO
THE
BOARD
AND
STAFF
REPORT
CAPITALCONSTRUCTION
BOND
PLANNING:
BONDAMOUNT
ANDCRITERIAFORPROJECTSELECTION
BoardMeetingDate:June
11,
2012ExecutiveCommitteeLead:C.J.Sylvester,
COO
Department:OfficeofSchoolModernization
Staff
Lead:
Jim
Owens,DirectorCapitalOperations
I.
ISSUESTATEMENT
In
thisreport,staffhasoutlinedsomeofthecriticalfactorsforconsiderationofapossibleCapitalConstructionBondMeasurefortheNovember2012Ballot.IftheBoarddeterminesa
November
2012ballotmeasure
is
prudent,staff
is
seekingBoardguidance
on
thecriteriaforidentifyingthespecificscopeofprojectworkattheJune
11,
2012,Boardmeeting.Staffwillthendevelopaproposalforconsiderationanddeliberation
on
June
18
and25.Additionally,'staff
is
lookingtoscheduleapublichearingpriortoBoardaction
on
July
9,
2012.Thistimetable
is
necessarytoensureduediligencepriortoapossibleAugustboardmeetingwhereaction
can
be
taken
on
ballotmeasurelanguage
and
an
explanatorystatementforBoardreferral.
Itis
alsonecessaryto
advise
theTaxSupervising
and
ConservationCommission
no
laterthanAugust7ofPPS'intenttoreferaballotmeasureforthe
November
election.ThisstaffreportprovidesoptionsforBoardconsiderationasregardsanyproposedbondamount
and
criteriausedfordistinguishingthecontentof
an
initialbondproposal.
II.
BACKGROUND
&
COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT
In
May2011,
voters
rejected
PPS
BallotMeasure
26-121
forcapitalconstruction
by
anarrowmarginof668votes.
In
MaythruNovemberofthatsameyear,theSuperintendent
and
BoardMembers
held
aseriesoflisteningsessionswithbothproponentsandopponentsoftheballotmeasure.Recurrentthemesfromthoseconversationsincluded:•Schoolsneedupgrades.•Futurebondproposalsneedmorecommunitybuy-in.•Mixedopinionaboutwhythebondfailedincludingthestateoftheeconomy,thenecessityforgreaterpublicprocess
and
the
need
to
updatethelong-rangefacilityplan.
:""
'
Bond
PlanningPage2
of6
•Mixedopinionabouthowthebondproposalcouldhavebeenfocusedincludingtoo
much
focus
on
smallenrollmentschools
and
spreadingthebondmonies"too
thin".
..
"":-""
In
December
2011
theSuperintendentconveneda36ri1emberLong-RangeFacilityPlanAdvisoryCommitteetorecommenda10-yearLongRangeFacilityPlan(Plan)forpossibleconsiderationbytheSuperintendentandBoardofEducation.Thecommitteerepresentedabroadcross-sectionofthecommunityincludingrepresentativesofparents,students,
PTA,
unions,businessinterests,design
and
constructionprofessionals,
and
neighborhoodassociations.TheCommittee
held
atotalof9meetings
as
awhole
and
5subcommitteemeetingsbetweenDecember
2011
and·
April
2012.
TheBoardreceivedthedraft
Plan
on
May
14and
ultimatelyadopted
it
onMay
29,2012.Further,
PPS
staffprovidedaseriesofopportunitiesforcommunitymemberstoengagebetweenJanuary
and
Marchofthisyear
in
Buildings
&
Learning
101
sessionsheldacrossthedistrict.Therewerealsotopicspecific,expertpaneldiscussions
on
seismic,universalaccessandhistoricissues.Staff
also'
attendedavarietyofneighborhood
and
businessassociationmeetingsthiswinter
and
spring
and
talkedaboutPPSmilestoneachievements
and
thepossibilityofafuturecapitalbondproposal.Manyofthesediscussionswereextendedbeyondtimeallowed
on
theirrespectiveagendasdue
to
neighborhoodinterest
in
PPS
and
ourprograms.TheSuperintendentconveneda
Bond
DevelopmentCommittee(BDC)
of
abouttwo
(2)
dozenpeople
on
May9
and
16,
2012.Thisgroupagainrepresentedabroadcross-sectionofthecommunity
and
includedanumberofPlanCommitteememberswhowereverycommitted
to
pursuingimplementationof
Plan
capitalrecommendations.Attheirfirstmeeting,differentfinancialoptions
based
on
avarietyofcriteria
were
presented.The
BDC
reviewed
and
prioritizedtheoptionsforfurtherdiscussion.
On
May
16,
the
BDC
furtherdiscussedtherefinedoptionsbroughtbeforethem
in
response
to
theirpreviousmeeting.Bothsmallgroup
and
anonymousindividualvoting
was
conducted.In-response
to
thoseactions,four
(4)
optionswerepresentedfordiscussionpurposesatthreedistrict-widepublicworkshops
on
May
22,
23and
24
heldatRoosevelt,Madison
and
LincolnHighSchools,respectively(seeAttachmentA).TheBDCwasthenreconvenedonMay
31
to
reviewtwo
(2)
optionsresultingfrom
the
publicworkshops(seeAttachment
B)
and
againdiscusspros
and
consofvariousfinancingandcriteriaoptions
and
outcomes.
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